vena

English

Etymology

From Latin vēna. Doublet of vein.

Noun

vena (plural venae)

1. (medicine, anatomy) vein.

Derived terms

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin vēna.

Noun

vena f (plural venes)

1. vein

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

vena

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan vena, from Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

• Audio

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Noun

vena f (plural venes)

1. vein

Derived terms

• vena porta

Related terms

• venal
• venós

References

• “vena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “vena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Ese

Noun

vena

1. fire
2. firewood

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋenɑ/,
• Rhymes: -enɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ve‧na

Noun

vena

1. (anatomy) vein (blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart)

Usage notes

The term vena is only used by experts in scientific or medical context.

Declension

Synonyms

• laskimo

Anagrams

• Neva, neva

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

vena

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vēna (“vein”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: vè‧na

Noun

vena (plural vena-vena, first-person possessive venaku, second-person possessive venamu, third-person possessive venanya)

1. (medicine) vein, a blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.

Further reading

• “vena” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈve.na/
• Rhymes: -ena
• Hyphenation: vé‧na

Etymology 1

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

vena

Wikipedia ^it

From Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.

Noun

vena f (plural vene)

1. (anatomy, botany, zoology) vein (all senses)
2. grain (of wood)
3. talent, aptitude, gift, bent
4. inspiration
5. inclination, desire

   in vena di ― in the mood for

6. lode, seam (of a mineral)

Derived terms

• svenare

Related terms

• venare
• venato
• venatura
• venoso

Etymology 2

Verb

vena

1. inflection of venare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Neva, nave, vane

Latin

Etymology

Of uncertain origin; proposed derivations include:

• From Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-, the same root of via (“road”).
• From Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁-, the same root of venēnum (“juice; venom”).
• From Proto-Indo-European *weyp-, the same root of vibex (“weal, welt”).
• From a root common to Lithuanian gýsla (“vein”) and Russian жи́ла (žíla, “vein”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯eː.na/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.na/,

Noun

vēna f (genitive vēnae); first declension

1. (anatomy) a vein, blood vessel
   1. an artery
2. (transferred sense, of things that resemble a vein)
   1. a watercourse
   2. a vein of metals
   3. (anatomy) the urinary passage
   4. a vein or streak of wood or stone
   5. a row of trees in a garden
   6. (anatomy) the penis
3. (figurative)
   1. strength
   2. the interior, the innate or natural quality or nature of something; the innermost feelings, spring, pulse
   3. one's natural bent, genius, disposition, vein

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Inflection

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• vēnātilis
• vēnōsus
• vēnula

Descendants

References

• “vena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• venen

Noun

vena f or m

1. definite feminine singular of vene

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse veina, from Proto-Germanic *wainōną.

Verb

vēna

1. to wail, to lament

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋěːna/
• Hyphenation: ve‧na

Noun

véna f (Cyrillic spelling ве́на)

1. (anatomy, botany, zoology) vein (all senses)

   Antonym: aorta

Declension

References

• “vena” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

vena

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish vena, from Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbena/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: ve‧na

Noun

vena f (plural venas)

1. vein

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “vena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English vein.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

vena (n class, plural vena)

1. vein